PREVALENCE OF OCULAR MORBIDITIES AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A RURAL BLOCK OF CACHAR, ASSAM
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 55
Abstract
BACKGROUND School-age children constitute a particularly vulnerable group, where ocular morbidity including uncorrected refractive error may have a dramatic impact on learning capability and educational potential. Present study was conducted with the objective of estimating the prevalence of ocular morbidity among school children in rural area. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among school going children studying from 1st to 10th standard in the age group 6-15 years in rural area. The ocular examination of school children was done at the respective schools. All the data obtained was entered in excel workbook and analysed. Chi square test was used to observe the association of the ocular morbidities with respect to age, sex, education of father, occupation, class, and nutritional status. RESULTS Prevalence of ocular morbidities was found to be 20.19%. Refractive errors and allergic conjunctivitis were the most common ocular disorders. The prevalence of ocular morbidity showed significant association with education of father (χ2 = 9.497, p = 0.050), education of mother (χ2 = 13.063, p = 0.005), family type (χ2 = 4.270, p = 0.03), while no significant association was found between ocular morbidity and sex of the school children (χ2 = 0.352, p = 0.553), occupation of father (χ2 = 3.372, p = 0.498) and religion (χ2 = 0.168, p = 0.682) of the school children. Nutritional status of children was significantly associated with the occurrence of ocular morbidity (χ2 = 3.763, p = 0.052). CONCLUSION High prevalence of uncorrected refractive error among school children in rural area was observed. Periodic screening of school children and utilisation of corrective spectacles is very essential to improve the quality of eye-sight.
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Ajit Kumar Dey, Ajoy Bhusan Nath
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- EP ID EP225869
- DOI 10.14260/Jemds/2017/893
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